Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Nthkentman
writes

"Doctor Drivel" wrote in message
...
This hosepipe ban. Does it include pressure washers? These
consume very little water and would consume less than using
buckets when washing a car.

Unless you are dribbling water into the device with a jug which
part of "Hosepipe Ban" did you not understand?
Use of, feeding of other appliances, etc... You're still using it !
So it's banned.... Simplez

I think you'll find that there are loads of apparent 'sillinesses'
with the hosepipe ban.

For example, I believe you can't water the garden (certainly not
directly) by siphoning off your dirty bath water with a hose - even
though, with an upstairs bathroom, this would be pretty simple thing
to do. Of course, as you could be getting around the ban by constantly
filling the bath, there is a definite case for the ban applying.

In other situations, the sense of ban may not be obvious - and in some
cases it may be even counter-productive. For example, I don't think
you can even use a hosepipe for the rainwater you have so carefully
collected in your storage butt. However, I suppose it's easier to
apply a 'one size fits all' rule. I'm sure that the water companies
have better things to do than to deal with an endless stream (no pun
intended!) of requests for exemptions, and also a string of vigilante
claims of seeing the innocent and harmless use of hosepipes (such as
using a hosepipe to siphon the bath water into a storage butt).

I am going to do my bit.

I use less water rinsing down my van using a hosepipe with the correct
attachment (ie one that stops the water when I do not need it) than using
the 4 buckets of water needed to rinse it down when using buckets.

However, as I am a law abiding citizen I am going to use 4 buckets of water
to rinse down the van and I will leave the tap running at the kitchen sink
between the bucket refills.


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Adam